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Petitioners and opponents clash at Boca Raton hearing over effort to overturn ordinance ahead of March 10 vote
Summary
Save Boca petitioners told the council they are collecting signatures to overturn Ordinance 57-69 to "protect the right to vote," while opponents and the mayor said the petition is redundant because a binding referendum is already scheduled. Speakers made competing claims about contract language and motives.
Members of the petition effort and other residents used the Jan. 27 special hearing to press opposing views about a new petition that would seek to overturn Ordinance 57-69.
Joe Magus, identified in the record as a Save Boca organizer, told the council: "Public land deserves a public vote" and called a repeal of Ordinance 57-69 "a subversion of democracy." Magus urged the council to adopt the resolution to prevent what he described as attempts to "take away the sole mechanism" for a public vote.
John Perlman, who said he represents petitioners, accused the city of inserting language that would…
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